Now that Kate Upton’s run as a cover model for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has come to an end, she’s practically a fossil in the “What have you done for me today?” fashion industry. That means that we’re just days, nay minutes away from entirely forgetting about her, because if she’s not on the cover, then she’s just a nobody. But we shouldn’t let a little thing like irrelevance stop the industry’s legends and icons from coming forward to slam this girl, because it’s important to remember that she’s only famous because she was a Guess? model before gracing the cover of the Swimsuit Issue two times. If she didn’t have those meaningless accolades, we’d be like Kate Who?

If you don’t agree with that, let former supermodel Carol Alt school you on the dope knowledge of the high fashion industry, as she tries her absolute hardest to be as nice as possible and not call Upton fat in a recent interview with Galore magazine.

Galore: “What do you think of supermodel, Kate Upton?”

Carol Alt: I think Kate is a product of great media hype. Without Sports Illustrated, I’m not sure she would’ve made it in the industry as a high fashion model. Because she is more of a large size model. And even if I’ve seen her in person, and I don’t think she’s in any way fat or overweight or anything; she’s just more large-sized than fashion models are. I think Kate is very good at…hmmmm- how do I put it? She’s engaging. She comes to the set prepared to work, in a good mood, engages her client, and she looks at herself as a business. To more expand on that thought, what I’m trying to say is: after she got herself into Sports Illustrated, she wasted no time. She put together a team of people: agents, managers, & publicists that were ready to go, regardless of whether or not she got the cover. They were willing to take the chance. Once she got the cover, she was already in a position to move forward. Of course, the cover was just a fluke because nobody knows who gets the cover. But she looks at herself as a business, and I admire that.” (Via Celebslam)

The inanity of this response isn’t that she’s trying so hard to dance around the idea that Upton as fat, as much as she even offered it in the first place. “Kate Upton is successful and has had an amazing career already.” End of quote. Instead, she’s unintentionally calling Upton fat while trying to explain the difference between the classic waif supermodel and a normal girl like Upton. Does Kate Upton look like Cara Delevingne? No. That’s all Alt has to say to make her point, that Upton and her handlers have taken advantage of her popularity in order to break into a part of the industry that normally prefers women built like flag poles.

Or just say she’s famous because she has a cute face and large breasts. Why the hell does someone like Alt need to beat around the bush and dig unnecessary holes?

yeah don’t let people say what a lot of others are feeling, just try not to call anyone not supermodel pretty.

I would say its more of a compliment than an insult. He is saying she took full advantage of the opportunity she was given. God forbid something in fashion is trendy for a while and then people realise it wasn’t that great…

Seconded. I am about as far as you can be from a glass-half-full type, but Burnsie, I seriously think you’re being way too tough on Carol Alt here. She’s dancing around saying Kate Upton is fat by saying “…I don’t think she’s in any way fat or overweight or anything…”? To me she’s saying Upton had a good business plan/advisers in place for making it in an industry where stick-figured, dead-eyed women predominate. I read that as high praise.

Now, personally, when I see those Jessica Simpson ads for Weight Watchers, I feel like I’m peering into Kate Upton’s future, but that’s just me…

What did she even say that was wrong? She’s in no way fat, but it’s fairly obvious she not nearly as skinny as the average fashion model. Since models are pretty much supposed to be human clothes hangers

“In other words, the fashion industry spent too much damn time creating unrealistic female body images for a girl built like a fucking porn star to fuck it all up! I didn’t give up food for this shit!” – Carol Alt, Essentially

Kate Upton responds (with a little help from Richard Sherman): “I’m the best supermodel in the game. When you try me with a sorry-ass waif like Carol Alt, that’s the result you’re gonna get! Don’t you ever talk about me!”

It amazes me that Carol Alt, someone who I’m sure took her share of shit back in the day when she was relevant, would go out of her way to not support a model who’s trying to make it in such a smarmy industry. Especially someone like Kate Upton who actually has boobs, some rhythm and doesn’t look like a coked-out hooker who hates the world.

She is right. There is a HUGE difference between runway models and cover models. By runway model standards Kate Upton is fat. By cover model standards she is just a tiny bit above average. By glamour model standards she is perfect

And indeed the only reason Kate Upton has made it so big is because she has significant connection. Don’t get me wrong she is beautiful but she isn’t really all that special or different from thousands of other page 3 models.

Not that of this matters for us. I mean I can understand if this would be an interesting topic to someone who actually works in the industry but for schlobs like us she is hot and likes to get half naked is all we really care or need to know

Here is where you sound dumb “the difference between the classic waif supermodel and a normal girl”

What you need to realize is there is no ‘normal’ and every woman is a variation of proportions and sizes. I also don’t think she was suggesting she is fat, she is suggesting she is not the same petite, thin, ectomorphic body type that is usually seen in that industry.

Just because someone points out that someone is different doesn’t mean she is being offensive. You guys just have some sort of hard on for defending her even when people aren’t attacking.

Yeah well I’ve seen them both coming down the pipline, and then watched as they both left the building. Carol can call Kate fat all she wants, I’ll take Kate on her worse day, against Carols best day, ever!